GN Swamp cooler for camping :-)

[Renthorin]

I have the other thread about how it worked to keep the living room cool during a power outage.

This thread is reeaaaalllyyyy why I thought the silly thing up in the first place.
I go camping a lot and it would be cool to AC or heat my small tent or better yet my '98 Blazer (poor man's camper). Yeah the truck has AC and heat but I don't like to run it all night long.

So...long story short.....

The "GN intercooler power Blazer Camping Cooler Heater....thing..."

 

[forcedfedv6]

Do you live in arkansa and have 4 or 5 cars parked in your front yard on high blocks? LOL , your getting a little rednecky on us now my brother.

 

[Renthorin]

Yeah... know. Too much time on my hands I guess.

I love camping in my blazer to keep the bugs and rain off but it gets hot/cold depending on the time of year.

This should do the trick nicely.

For heating it I have a coil of copper wire I place in the coals of the firepit. Use an RV sink pump to push water from the Igloo cooler up to the copper coil in the fire...and hot water comes back to the igloo cooler with the GN intercooler.


Gets nice and hot.

This time of the year (in Michigan) it is AC that is needed.

 

[BlackMetal]

I had a feeling when you posted that other thread that it wouldn't be the last time you'd use that thing.

 

[notacarlo]

Pure genius.

This thread makes me happy.:biggrin:

 

[Renthorin]

Tent heater mode....

Time to update this thread

Went camping this weekend and took the "swamp cooler" along but in "heater" mode.

Looked the same as when in AC mode but the following was added to the mix:

- 25 feet of vinyl tubing running to and from the cooler to the heat source.
- heat source was a coleman dual burner stove hooked to a 20lb propane tank
- on top of the burners sits a tranny cooler through which the water is pumped.

I pumped the water to the trans cooler on the stove where it was heated and passed back to the cooler were the GN intercooler sits.

Long story short...the outside air was 22 degrees both nights and with the heater running it was a balmy 62 inside the tent

 

[Roc87]

Looks like you saved quite a bit of $ by making your own!
Cessna A/C

 

[Renthorin]

yeah that is the traditional 'swamp cooler' because the cold air you get is humid as well. With my method the intercooler traps the humidity and each morning you have to tip the IC over and pour out the cold water that has accumulated.

Didn't have that problem this past weekend when it was used as a heater.